Psalm 23
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
"...my cup runneth over...", "...my cup runneth over...", "...my cup runneth over..."
This sums up my week as a whole!!! My father-in-law came out of recovery with flying colors & is coming home after only four days, my mother-in-law is feeling good about him coming home, some good friends of ours were given news that have been a place of stress for months, I have had two friends testify to God's goodness in their marriage, and enjoyed a beautiful evening celebrating 'being a girl'.
Sometimes it's easy to spend minutes, hours, days, months, weeks, or months praying for God to change things, to change us, to change the situation, to change the outcome, to the change the present. What if we spent just as much time thanking God for all of HIS goodness?? What if He heard our "Thank you for..." more often.
The best part of prayer is how it changes us!!! It doesn't change things, situations, outcomes or the present. God changes our hearts....and His sovereignty is so much BIGGER than we can imagine.
3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
"...my cup runneth over...", "...my cup runneth over...", "...my cup runneth over..."
This sums up my week as a whole!!! My father-in-law came out of recovery with flying colors & is coming home after only four days, my mother-in-law is feeling good about him coming home, some good friends of ours were given news that have been a place of stress for months, I have had two friends testify to God's goodness in their marriage, and enjoyed a beautiful evening celebrating 'being a girl'.
Sometimes it's easy to spend minutes, hours, days, months, weeks, or months praying for God to change things, to change us, to change the situation, to change the outcome, to the change the present. What if we spent just as much time thanking God for all of HIS goodness?? What if He heard our "Thank you for..." more often.
The best part of prayer is how it changes us!!! It doesn't change things, situations, outcomes or the present. God changes our hearts....and His sovereignty is so much BIGGER than we can imagine.
